December 2023
We welcome the newest additions to our fleet, Swan Baltic and Swan Biscay. May they have fair winds and following seas wherever they may sail.
July 2022
A special congratulations goes out to our 9 brave employees who trained and competed in this year's Hamburg Wasser Triathlon on 11th July 2022.
One of our teams even managed to finish within the top 20 teams – an amazing achievement.
June 2022
Jacob Shipping is delighted to announce that the four Dalian LR1 tanker have successfully completed class renewal dry docking in 2021 and 2022.
All vessels are now coated with innovative Hempel Anti-Fouling Silicon paint, equipped with a ballast water treatment system and new SFK Airseals have been installed.
October 2019
BWM Convention Status
We are glad to announce that the installation of the Ballast Water Treatment System onboard of our vessel MT NORDIC GENEVA has now successfully completed.
February 2019
Jacob Shipping is delighted to announce that our two locations have merged and the team is now united under one roof in a new office in Hamburg. The address of the new location is Katharinenstrasse 5, 20457 Hamburg.
The new office will bundle our comprehensive service portfolio and allows us to better serve the needs of our vessels and our business partners.
October 2018 – January 2019
Jacob Shipping is pleased to announce the addition of four new second-hand vessels to our fleet. The LR1 product tankers Nordic Geneva, Nordic Basel, Nordic Bern and Nordic Tristan are a great addition to our fleet and we look forward to our continued growth.
April 2018
Ernst Jacob announces the successful transition
from ISO 9001:2011 Certification to ISO 9001:2015 and
from ISO 14001:2011 Certification to ISO 14001:2015
We are proud to announce that we have been found to conform to the Quality Management System Standard ISO 9001:2015 and to the Environmental Management System Standard ISO 14001:2015. The Certification is accredited by DNVGL.
Ernst Jacob is dedicated to continuous environmental improvement that foster a sustainable future.
We will work continually to improve the effectiveness of our environmental management system, to enhance our environmental performance and reduce any environmental impacts by setting timely measureable goals to reduce these impacts.
June 2017
BWM Convention Status
We are glad to announce that the installation of the Ballast Water Treatment Systems onboard our vessels TILL JACOB and CORDULA JACOB has now been successfully completed.
October 2016
BWM Convention status
„Global treaty to halt invasive aquatic species to enter into force in 2017”
After many years of delay the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) has now been ratified and will enter into force on 8 September 2017. Pro-actively we, JACOB decided already in 2015 to step ahead and installed the first two Ballast Water Treatment Systems on our vessels KONSTANTIN JACOB and GEORG JACOB in 2016.
The Installation of the same system will follow on our vessels TILL JACOB and CORDULA JACOB in early 2017.
Following Youtube link leads to a presentation by company GOLTENS giving an impression of the installation of the Ballast Water Treatment System on board our vessel KONSTANTIN JACOB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll55X1qSmJ0
Jacob – The Shipping Group. One Step Ahead in supporting the ecological well-being of the planet and thus avoiding public costs for maintaining sound habitats.
June 2015
We are glad to announce that Ernst Jacob successfully passed the ISO 14001 office audit by DNV-GL.
We shall receive the final certificate upon completion of audits onboard four vessels during the year 2015.